Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-07-16
PAINT AND POWDER.


Become Fine Art.
THE REVELATIONS OF DRUG CLERK-THE USE OF
COSMETICS - THE OLD WAY OF FREscoNa THE
CHEEKS DONE AwAY-HOw NATURE Is RIvALLED
BY WOMEN WHO HAVE STUDIED THE ART.
stylishly dressed young lady, accompanied by
back-and-yellOw dog, Sauntered into West
End drug store the other day with hot-weather
languor in her manner. She stopped in front OF
the soda fountain and read the list of sirups
Then, while other customers were getting their
fZZling drinks she became interested in the tooth
brushes and combs in the glass case. The cigar
case then attracted her attention, and she wan.
dered on from there to the high case full Of per-
fumes. She looked long and with a languid in
| terest at all the fancy bottles, the
plush boxes and the ivory brushes. The
pictures on the lids Of cigar cases were examined
with critical eye. She puzzled over the out
bottles on the shelves, and was interested in the
coils of rubber tubing and little steel scissors and
tweezers in the round-topped glass case. From
one thing to another she brOwSed about until she
got TO the back end of the store away from every
body. Then she leaned over the counter and said
something In an undertone to the drug clerk, and
then at once became much interested in the tooth
brush case. When a moment afterward the clerk
handed her small parcel she hurried out with the
smiling remark that she was going to take par in
some private theatricalS.
WHAT THE DRUG CLERK SAID.
A STAR reporter, who happened by, turned look
OF inquiry upon the clerk, who responded with the
one word under his breath.
"Paint."
BEFORE he added. "and she always does the
hundred; They ali go through the same
| and what the price is. They come In and work
their way down here and then throw their money
| Oh the counter and whisper the name of the rouge
n cnr h ,,fr
else while 1t is being put up You will probably not
| find one woman out OF a thousand who does not use
mon that they do not mind coming up boldly and
asking for 1t. Many men even do not hesitate to
buy 1t and discuss its merits before making pur-
chase. 1t Is different with paint. More women
use paint now than ever before in the history OF
the world. Nearly all the young ladies who are
regarded as beauties in society use it. Yet they
are all alike about buying. They do not want any
| one TO see them make the purchase or to know
that they have such thing among their toilet
troduce new cosmetic, because they won't let
| even the druggist talk to them about 1t. They
never come up 10 the case and ask what is best for
the complexion, or what is the latest and does the
COMPROMISE their compilations to that ex.
suggestion. 1t is delicate business. Now mere Is
a new rouge, which, presume, is the most natural
that has ever been made. 1t is about perfect. You
for several weeks for the purpose Of introducing
1t, and you are the first person have had an OPP
Rortunisy 20 show Il TO- AS he spoke he took from
delicate carmine paste. He rubbed some over his
hand, and made 1t OF soft and delicate tint like
maiden'S cheek.
| FINE ART.
'The care OF the complexion has become fine
art that is studied more by fashionable women
than anything else," he said. '.Neary every wo
man who paints has her own particular favorite
preparation, and She never discusses its merits
with any other woman. Some make their
WI fS
the base OF all face paint and then prepare it to
| suit themselves Ammonia is always put In it to
keep 1t from washing of. Without it drops OF
perSpiration rolling down the fair cheeks might
| make long streaks. great many women who
wish to conceal the fact that they tint their cheeks
even from the druggist, buy the dellcately-
| manicure cases. 1t Is an oily paste and works into
the skin very well. They ali imagine that no one
| suspects the use they put it to.
"ihe old-lashl0ned paint used to be very easily
like coat OF varnsh or hard-oil finish. They had
crusts their faces like sugar-cOated pills They
could an, not smile All the popular ropges Of to-day
skin and soften IT. the same time that they tint It,
They are worked right into the pores and the
! flesh wiped dry. II IS doubtful whether they do
| the least injury to the skin"
"DOeS not the hot weather interfere with paint.
| 1ng?" asked the scribe.
than paint is used in the summer. The powder
cOols the flesh and Is used by nearly everybody In
the summer time. One Of the latest things Is fol
| young ladies TO carry little bags OF channels skin
| filled with powder for use on the street. Thev
| tap 1T over their faces when they are warm
| The Old crude paints used to be dangerous
run, but the grease paints now in use are fast
colors. The Old plain white powders are no longer
used much. The powders are delicately tinted fol
pink to the skin. With the grease paints and
| these powders, freckles and blOtches fade out OF
sight; The old style Of frescoing is not now re-